TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3392, 21 December 1889, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

A GOOD HAUL. Auckland, December 20, It was stated at a meeting of the Charitable Aid Committee that a man had recently diedmtestate.aiul worth £IOOO, whose wife had been receiving rations.for. the,.family .since, 1887... His widow has now- applied to be furnished with an account of rations bestowed, in' order to' delay 'the expense detailed Oil thrßoawl. - . Wool Sales- . , CiHwrouuMii, Decamber 20. The wool sales'were confided tov' day'. Tho prices iniiintuiiieilV&y the level of yesterday, ihajf-lired reaching ■ ljid por lb. Quito, two-thirds of the catalogue submittal changed hands. Several large lines were withdrawn,but are expected to be' Sold privately, ■ as buyers are anxious to secure them. ;WHOIisALEIffiLIEi'. CußisTciiimcu, December 20. At the- animal meeting of. sub-, scribers to the Destitute Mon's Home to-night,-it iras reported; that during , tho year 14,281 meals had been ' given away,. 14;484 beds, made up, and work had been provided for 2000 nlin and boys. Accidents and.fatalities.,- , Auckland) December 20,- : '• ,'A man named Henrißenard, a Frenchman employed at Douglas Bros' sawmill at Helensyiile, t was found dead in the mill with his headsplit open. He had been engaged drawing log*; and it is supposed that he was struok on the head with a chain which slip-, cd.' '- ; ' Napier, December 20. A girl, oleven jears old. named ; ' Emily Blackburn, got her left arm in a flax scutching machine at Mount Erin. Havelock. this afternoon, The machine tore off her arm at the albow. Medical attendance was obtained, and the arm amputated at tho elbow, InquestAuckland, December 20. At tho inquest on tho body of John Polseu, recently .drowned in tho harbour the jury recommended that the Royal Smnano Society be advised to present a medal to Robert Moore, who, on the occasion of the accident by which Poison lost his life, saved the life of Johnston, another of those who fell from the. boa*, but was unable to swim.

The Auckland Naval Corps have resolved to present ,£25 to Polsen'e widow.

Another. Case ol SuicideWanuavui, December 20, A well-known idoutity uamocT Eeubon Bason was discovered this morning by lrii son shot through the head, The deceased was last seen onTuesdayat 8 a.m.byhis son, when he told him ho was going to work at. Turakina,' A guu was found clasped in his hands, and it is thought Bason must have been standing up, and bad fired it off with a fire stick, as'tnero was no cap on it, The gun was was loaded with slugs, The deceased left a note, in which was " Go and toll Bill at once."